Foreword by Laura C. Leviton xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
The Authors xix
Introduction 1
Jennifer W. Martineau, Kelly M. Hannum, and Claire Reinelt
Part One: Designing Leadership Development Evaluation 13
1 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evaluations 19
S. Bartholomew Craig and Kelly M. Hannum
2 Leading with Theory: Using a Theory of Change Approach for Leadership Development Evaluations 48
Manuel Gutierrez and Tania Tasse
3 EvaluLEAD: An Open-Systems Perspective on Evaluating Leadership Development 71
John T. Grove, Barry M. Kibel, and Taylor Haas
4 Making Evaluation Work for the Greater Good: Supporting Provocative Possibility and Responsive Praxis in Leadership Development 111
Hazel Symonette
5 Measuring Return on Investment in Leadership Development 137
Jack J. Phillips and Patti Phillips
Part Two: Leadership Development Evaluation In Context 167
6 Building Leadership Development, Social Justice, and Social Change in Evaluation Through a Pipeline Program 173
Prisca M. Collins and Rodney K. Hopson
7 From the Inside Out: Evaluating Personal Transformation Leadership Efforts 199
Sally Leiderman
8 Evaluating Leadership Development and Organizational Performance 228
Nancy Vollmer LeMay and Alison Ellis
9 The Importance of Local Context in Leadership Development and Evaluation 261
Larry Peters and John Baum
10 Evaluating Community Leadership Programs 284
Teresa R. Behrens and Maenette K. P. Benham
11 Evaluating Leadership as a Strategy to Transform Complex Systems 315
Kimberly Jinnett and Todd Kern
12 Evaluating Leadership Development for Social Change 343
Kim Ammann Howard and Claire Reinelt
13 Evaluating Youth Leadership Development Through Civic Activism 377
Hanh Cao Yu, Heather K. Lewis-Charp, and Michelle Alberti Gambone
14 Evaluating Leadership Efforts for Neighborhood Transformation 403
Nilofer Ahsan
Part Three: Increasing Impact Through Evaluation Use 427
15 Strategic Uses of Evaluation 433
E. Jane Davidson and Jennifer W. Martineau
16 Evaluation for Planning and Improving Leadership Development Programs: A Framework Based on the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence 464
Karl E. Umble
17 Communication in Evaluation: A Systems Approach 487
Darlene F. Russ-Eft
18 Accelerating Learning About Leadership Development: A Learning Community Approach 511
Deborah Meehan and Claire Reinelt
19 Continuous Learning 536
Rosalie T. Torres
Afterword: Future Directions for Leadership Development Evaluation 559
Kelly M. Hannum, Jennifer W. Martineau, and Claire Reinelt
Name Index 575
Subject Index 579
About the Center for Creative Leadership 604